Hispavox, S.A.

Spanish record company established on June 27th, 1953 by [a=José Manuel Vidal Zapater]. This is a company, do not use as label; For label use :
Licensee of [a=Columbia Records] to distribute North & South America Columbia product in Spain. It owned the label and distributed in Spain many pop & jazz foreign labels (, [l=Asylum Records], [l=CTI Records], [l=Elektra], , [l=Reprise Records], , , ...). They also worked as a manufacturer, pressing releases for labels like [l=Belter]. [b]Impuesto de lujo Permiso Nº 3637[/b].

It had its own recording studios (), pressing plant, offices and cassette duplication operating at Torrelaguna, 102, a printing plant (, at Marcenado, 22 - Madrid), later renamed [l=Dirograf, S.A.], and a publishing section ().

The company and label were acquired by EMI in 1985, later by Parlophone and last one Warner Music Group.

Some relevant executives before EMI acquisition: José Manuel Vidal Zapater (1953-1977), Luis Vidal Zapater, from 1977 to 1984, Saul Tagarro 1984, Miguel Blasco, Jesús López, Javier del Moral and finally to close the acquisition.